The shells of carbon-rich dust are expanding outward into space at the breakneck velocity of 1,600 miles per second.
Two significant additional discoveries-the identification of twin water worlds, Kepler-138c and d, and the existence of water ...
The six planets will be visible in the days immediately leading up to Jan. 21, and for about four weeks afterward. Mars, ...
New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike ...
Two stars in Wolf-Rayet 140 collide, forming carbon-rich dust. Webb captured 17 expanding dust shells, revealing ...
At extremely high densities, quarks are expected to form pairs, as electrons do in a superconductor. This high-density quark ...
The Sun sometimes coughs up solar flares, which occur when the star’s magnetic field twists and sends a burst of energy and ...
New ground- and space-based infrared observations are giving astronomers a better handle on the true populations of red ...
Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed across the universe. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has examined one ...
NASA's Roman Space Telescope is preparing for launch in 2027, with a mission to study distant galaxies and explore dark ...
An occultation of Mars by the Moon last occurred on Dec. 7, 2022. This photo, showing Mars just before it went behind the Moon, was taken during that occultation at PAC’s Paul Castle Observatory in ...